Cory Conacher

With the PhanFest and tailgate over, it was time to kick off the first event of the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic — the skills competition.

A standing-room only sellout crowd of 8,424 watched the Western Conference top the Eastern Conference 15-11 in the competition Sunday night at PPL Center.

All-Stars from the two conferences faced off in seven events — puck control relay, fastest skater, rapid fire, hardest shot, accuracy shooting, pass and score and breakaway relay — that took about an hour and a half to complete.

Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and T.J. Brennan, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms' three All-Stars, all participated in numerous events for the Eastern...

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